2026 Gabriella Elia: Animal Science and Veterinary Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary	63	279	256	10	10	179	11428
Microbiology	63	2801	2565	70	67	184	11395

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Gabriella Elia is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy. Their research focus spans various disciplines within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. The main fields of study include medicine with 44 publications, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology with 20 publications, and agricultural and biological sciences with 19 publications.

Elia's work encompasses several specialized subfields such as infectious diseases (29 publications), animal science and zoology (16), genetics (12), epidemiology (7), and hepatology (4). Their research topics cover animal virus infection studies (30 publications), virus-based gene therapy research (20), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research (18), viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (8), parvovirus B19 infection studies (8), and hepatitis B virus studies (8).

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (4 publications)
Research in Veterinary Science (4)
Animals (2)
Scientific Reports (2)
Journal of Dairy Science (2)

Elia has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, often contributing to multiple papers together. Frequent co-authors include Nicola Decaro (23 papers), Gianvito Lanave (15), Vito Martella (15), Canio Buonavoglia (11), and Georgia Diakoudi (10).

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Gabriella Elia are:

Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy, 2020, published in Nature Communications
Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy, 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Possible Human-to-Dog Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Italy, 2020, 2021, published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
Long-term persistence of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pets, 2021, published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
Circulation of diverse protoparvoviruses in wild carnivores, Italy, 2020, published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Best Publications

Evidence for evolution of canine parvovirus type 2 in Italy

Canio Buonavoglia;Vito Martella;Annamaria Pratelli;Maria Tempesta

724
Citations
Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy.

E. I. Patterson;G. Elia;A. Grassi;A. Giordano

403
Citations
Canine distemper virus.

Vito Martella;Gabrielle Elia;Canio Buonavoglia

348
Citations
A real-time PCR assay for rapid detection and quantitation of canine parvovirus type 2 in the feces of dogs.

Nicola Decaro;Gabriella Elia;Vito Martella;Costantina Desario

309
Citations
Canine parvovirus infection : Which diagnostic test for virus?

Costantina Desario;Nicola Decaro;Marco Campolo;Alessandra Cavalli

304
Citations
Detection of canine distemper virus in dogs by real-time RT-PCR

Gabriella Elia;Nicola Decaro;Vito Martella;Francesco Cirone

288
Citations
Molecular Epidemiology of Canine Parvovirus, Europe

Nicola Decaro;Costantina Desario;Diane D. Addie;Vito Martella

266
Citations
Canine Coronavirus Highly Pathogenic for Dogs

Canio Buonavoglia;Nicola Decaro;Vito Martella;Gabriella Elia

256
Citations
Heterogeneity within the hemagglutinin genes of canine distemper virus (CDV) strains detected in Italy

V. Martella;F. Cirone;G. Elia;E. Lorusso

241
Citations
Detection and quantification of Anaplasma marginale DNA in blood samples of cattle by real-time PCR

Grazia Carelli;Nicola Decaro;Alessio Lorusso;Gabriella Elia

231
Citations
Clinical and virological findings in pups naturally infected by canine parvovirus type 2 Glu-426 mutant.

Nicola Decaro;Costantina Desario;Marco Campolo;Gabriella Elia

206
Citations
Detection and Molecular Characterization of a Canine Norovirus

Vito Martella;Eleonora Lorusso;Niccola Decaro;Gabriella Elia

202
Citations
Detection of bovine coronavirus using a TaqMan-based real-time RT-PCR assay

Nicola Decaro;Gabriella Elia;Marco Campolo;Costantina Desario

199
Citations
Evidence for immunisation failure in vaccinated adult dogs infected with canine parvovirus type 2c.

Nicola Decaro;Costantina Desario;Gabriella Elia;Vito Martella

193
Citations
Characterisation of the canine parvovirus type 2 variants using minor groove binder probe technology

Nicola Decaro;Gabriella Elia;Vito Martella;Marco Campolo

170
Citations
Recombinant Canine Coronaviruses Related to Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus of Swine Are Circulating in Dogs

Nicola Decaro;Viviana Mari;Marco Campolo;Alessio Lorusso

167
Citations
Norovirus in captive lion cub (Panthera leo).

Vito Martella;Marco Campolo;Eleonora Lorusso;Paolo Cavicchio

156
Citations
Identification of a novel VP4 genotype carried by a serotype G5 porcine rotavirus strain

Vito Martella;M. Ciarlet;K. Banyai;Eleonora Lorusso

150
Citations
Occurrence of severe gastroenteritis in pups after canine parvovirus vaccine administration: a clinical and laboratory diagnostic dilemma.

Nicola Decaro;Costantina Desario;Gabriella Elia;Marco Campolo

150
Citations
Recombinant Canine Coronaviruses in Dogs, Europe

Nicola Decaro;Viviana Mari;Gabriella Elia;Diane D. Addie

150
Citations
A minor groove binder probe real-time PCR assay for discrimination between type 2-based vaccines and field strains of canine parvovirus.

Nicola Decaro;Gabriella Elia;Costantina Desario;Sante Roperto

149
Citations
Relationships among porcine and human P[6] rotaviruses: Evidence that the different human P[6] lineages have originated from multiple interspecies transmission events

Vito Martella;Krisztián Bányai;Max Ciarlet;Miren Iturriza-Gómara

146
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola Decaro University of Bari Aldo Moro

Canio Buonavoglia University of Bari Aldo Moro

Vito Martella University of Bari Aldo Moro

Costantina Desario University of Bari Aldo Moro

Eleonora Lorusso University of Bari Aldo Moro

Krisztián Bányai University of Pecs

Antonio Lavazza Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini"

Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)

Vito Colella University of Melbourne

Herman Egberink Utrecht University

External Links

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